Akmené

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Akmené

town in Akmiane Raion, Lithuanian SSR. Located in the north of the republic, 7.5 km from Akmené railroad station on the Šiauliai-žeikiai line. Population 2,400 (1968). Akmenė was founded in the 16th century.

Originally a personal quest for answers regarding family members who hailed from the small Jewish town of Akmene in Lithuania, WoolfsonAEs journey morphed into a story about the Holocaust as he searched the memories of a small group of survivors in order to discover the material legacies of Jewish Vilna before they disappear.

General pollution of ambient air with [PM.sub.2.5] and [PM.sub.10] is well demonstrated by air quality measurements in the largest cities of Lithuania--Vilnius, Kaunas, Klaipeda, Siauliai and Paneveys, and in industrial centres--Jonava, Kedainiai, Mazeikiai and Naujoji Akmene where the largest air quality problems are related to pollution with [fPM.sup.2.5] and [PM.sup.10].

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